Policemen attacked in Khasavyurt

One policeman was killed and two were injured this afternoon in anattack in the Dagestan town of Khasavyurt, said a senior assistant to the
head of the Republican Investigation Department, Alkhas Amirkhanov, RIA
Novosti reported.

"Approximately at 14.00 MSK in Khasavyurt on Naberezhnaya streetunknown people fired at a group of three policemen. As a result of the
attack, according to preliminary data, one policeman was killed andtwo  were taken to hospital . The details of the incident
are being investigated, "a spokesman said.